Hair-trimming gauge



Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471,768

w. A. WRIGHT HAIR TR IMMING GAUGE Filed Sept. 15. 1922 T TOP/V5149Patented Get. 23, 1923.

PATENT orrics.

WILLIAM A. WRIGHT, OF LOMPOO, CALIFORNIA.

HAIR-TRIMMING GAUGE.

Application filed September 15, 1922.

To all whom it may concern Ee it known that I, l VILLIAM A. WVnrsrrr, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lompoc, in the county of SantaBarbara. and State of California, have invented new and useful.Improvements in Hair-Trimming Gauges, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to and has for its purpose the provision of adevice of simple and inexpensive construction which is adapted to beapplied to the head to act as a gauge or guide in effecting the trimning of the hair evenly and at a predetermined length both at the frontand rear 01'' the head as in the Columbus or Dutch type of haircut.

Although I will herein show and describe only one form of hair trimminggauge and will point out the novel features thereof in the accompanyingclaims, it is to be understood that various changes and modificationsmay be made therein withoutdepart ing from the spirit of the inventionand the spin and scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a view showin in perspective one form of hair trimming gaugeembodying my invention in applied position upon the head;

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the gauge shown in Figure 1..

Referring specifically to tie drawings, in

- which similar reference characters refer to similar parts, myinvention, in its present embodiment, comprises a plate or yoke 15 fromwhich is adapted to be suspended a gauge member 16 by means of flexiblemembers 17 connected to the gauge member and adjustably associated withthe plate 15 to permit of the gauge member being suspended at differentlevels. The second gauge member 18 is also adapted to be suspended fromthe plate 15 by means of flexible members 19 which are also adjustablyassociated with the plate so as to suspend the gauge member at differentlevels.

The plate 15 in the present instance is shown as provided with anopening 20 which, in the applied position of the plate to the head,receives the crown of the head. shown in Figure 1, the plate 15 iscurved to conform to the curvature of the crown of the head so as tosnugly it the latter and thereby prevent accidental displace- Serial No.see 124.

ment or" the same. As shown in Figure 2, the plate 15 is slotted toprovide adjusting bars 21, and the flexible membersl? and 19 which inthe present instance are in the form of tapes are extended tirough theslots so as to be trictionally engaged by the bars 21 in. retaining thetape in any adjusted position. As shown, the gauge member 16 is providedwith two lengths of tape 17 which are secured at their terminals to thegauge member while their intermediate portions are trained through theslots of the plate so as to provide loops 17* above the plate. Theseloops are adapted to be gripped in effecting an adjustment of the twolengths of tape to position the gauge member 16 at the desired level.Similarly, the gauge member 18 is supported by a single length of tape19, the ends of which are connected to the gauge member while theintermediate portion thereof is trained through certain ot' the slotsor" the plate to provide a loop 19 which is adapted to be gripped ineffecting an adjustment of the gauge member 18.

The gauge members 16 and 18 are preferably formed of metallic rods, andas shown in Figure 2, the gauge member 16 substantially o1"-U-tormation, while the gauge member 18 is of arcuate form. The formationof the gauge member 16 is such that in the applied position orthetrimming gauge it extends over one cheek rearwardly around the backof the head to the other cheek. The gauge member 18 is curved to conformto the contour of the forehead and is designed for use in the trimmingof the bangs. In practice, the trimming gauge is applied to the head inthe manner shown in Figure 1 with the plate 15 resting upon the crown ofthe head and the gauge members 16 and 18 suspended from the latterthrough the medium of the flexible members 17 and 19; The gauge members16 and 18 may be caused to occupy any desired position in acting as aguide for the trimming of the hair at a predetermined length, and itwill be understood that in the actual cutting of the hair the shears areapplied along the lower edges of the gauge members 16 and 18, so that anaccurate trimming of the hair can be eiiected.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hair trimming gauge comprising pair of curved rods, a plate adaptedto engage the crown of the head, and flexible members for suspending therods from the plate, said plate being formed with slots to providefriction bars for adjustably connect ing the flexible members to saidplate.

2. A hair trimming gauge comprising a pair of gauge members, a memberadapted to engage the crown of the head and flexible members suspendingthe gauge members from the member, said crown engaging member beingprovided with means for adjustably connecting the flexible members tosaid member.

3. A heir trimming gauge comprising a pair of curved rods, a plateadapted to en the crown of the head and formed with slots to providefriction bars, and flexible members having their intermediate portionstrained through said slots to be engaged by said bars, and their endsconnected to said rods.

A. hair trimming gauge comprising a pair of curved rods, a plate adaptedto en gage the crown of the head and formed with slots to providefriction bars, two flexible members secured at their ends to one of saidrods and trained through certain of the slots of said plate, and a thirdflexible member connected at its ends to the other rod and having itsintermediate portions trained through the remaining slots all of saidflexible members adapted to be engaged by said friction bars foradjustably connecting the members to said plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM A. WRIGHT.

